Opening and closing of the festival
New York filmmaker Benita Raphan, who had explored the relationship between mental health, innovation, and creativity in her short films, took her own life during the COVID pandemic. Alan Berliner crafts a beautiful tribute — a portrait of a filmmaker made by a filmmaker, a film about filmmaking.
During the summer holidays, a filmmaker and his twelve-year-old son stay in an abandoned hotel in Lisbon: an empty establishment like the one in the movie The Shining.